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A rather dubious and reviewer-avoidingly bad name does nothing for Oxford brothers, Mr G and Rich. Despite the unavoidable connotations, they’ve got a lot more going on with their music than they have with their group name. An air of intrigue coats the dark, moody vibe that undercurrents these two tracks. »
Hot Hot Heat tour dates are announced. Yes, yes, now. Chirpy indie-club kings, Hot Hot Heat are today starting off on a tour that will take them all over the world - including two trips to the UK. Firstly they'll be here briefly for Reading and Leeds festivals and a few warm-up shows before hand, th»
After 4 years of playing together, ska-punk maniacs Lightyear have decided to call it a day. Household Name Records have confirmed rumours that their top band, Lightyear, have decided to split. According to the popular punk record labels website, "After 2 albums, 4 years of constant tourin»
As promised, a website has been created to host Gish's solo tracks. Since being announced on DiS a few days ago, the sheer volume of requests for copies of the EP have meant that sending out CDs to everyone who was interested was simply impossible. As a result, the tracks have been MP3'd to download »
Violent Delight have announced a headline tour for September. Coinciding with the release of their next single, 'Transmission', on September 1st and debut album of the same name on September 15th, the punk-metallers are to undertake a short headline tour taking in the following venues:»
The Gossip tour the UK. Punk/blues trio The Gossip return to the UK next month to take on the toilet venue circuit. Having just recently released their second album, 'Movement', the band will be taking their sounds to the following venues: August 17 - Bristol »
Grandaddy announce tour dates. Californian indie gurus Grandaddy are set to take on the UK again this winter. Making the most of their recent success with new album, 'Sumday', the tour takes in some of the country's most popular venues, including an appearance on the vast stage of London's Br»
Ex-Miss Black America member gives away solo EP for FREEEE... and promptly gets mailbox flooded with too many requests to humanly cope with. Yes that's right, the leg-end that is Gish-on-guitar, made famous around these parts for his two year tenure as guitarist for Miss Black America, has as»
Having spent the past few days attempting to catch up on the pile of demos that became an untouched mini-fortress during exam months, my latest discovery comes in the form of a sunshine-in-a-CD demo from indie kids, Eleaven. These three tracks seem to somehow capture the sunlight as it shimmers and glitter»
Terrashima, terrashima, terrashima… Never before have such a no-mark band made so large and hellish a dint in the minds of those who’ve experienced their, quite frankly, cunt of an ex-singer. Now just imagine if Terrashima hadn’t told you to fuck off and die when you complimented them on their show, pushed you i»
Emo! It’s flavour of the moment and utterly inescapable. They’ll batter you with their skateboards if you label them like this but one thing’s for sure; those kids with the black rimmed glasses and asymmetric lip-piercings sure are onto a winner! And with a suitably emo title to their undeniably emo new EP, ‘Surrend»
Indie/dance chart-throbs The Music are set to release a live DVD. And just when you thought they'd finished spreading their favourite 3-year-old tracks as thinly as King Adoras’ back flab, Leeds' premiere bunch of stoners, The Music have announced the release of their 'Live At The Blank Canvas'»
Melancholy noise-makers, Massive Attack have announced a huuuge homecoming shindig in Bristol this August. The band, who're also due to headline this years Creamfields on August 23rd, are organising a huge event to be held in Queens Square on August 25th (that's the day after Leeds/Reading). »
Forget your prejudices and stereotypes of angsty teenaged rock kids and get off your muso high horse for just one minute. This isn’t about being in an elitist scene where music has to be arty and audiences have to consist of 50 people max, each with three A Levels and, naturally, a detailed knowledge of influencing mus»
Aha! June's a busy one. The nights are getting longer and BBQ's are the taste of the moment. Alas, if you haven't spent all your money on festival tickets and need a night off the exam revision, here's our guide to what's good this month, including Cambridge, Derby, the Isle of Wight, Manchester, Nottingham, Plymouth, »
Indie pretties, Sparklehorse announce tour dates.
Back on the scene this July, the beautiful sounds of Sparklehorse are parading the country, taking in the following 9 venues.
July
6th - Sheffield, The Leadmill
7th - Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
8th - Northampton, »
Instruction headline dates and Biffy Clyro support. Since the success of the debut release from grunge-rockers Instruction, the 'Great EP' they're popping up on bills all over the place. As well as being confirmed »
This June will see use being made of the Millennium Dome in the shape of the Snickers Game On skate event. On June 21st and 22nd, the Millennium Dome will be taken over for one of the biggest skate and music events of the year. A mere £12.50 for a single day pass, or £20 for en»
London's Forum will play host to Metal Hammer mags' first ever awards ceremony - "The Golden God Awards" on June 3rd. Amongst a line-up of suitably metal bands (including The Murderdolls closing the event), XFM's Ian Camfield will give away a total of 10 awards on behalf of Metal Hammer magazine - 6»
Owsley Sunshine – experimental indie stuff from Lincoln. First thoughts? Gomez. Of course OS don’t have Ben Otterwell, and they don’t have quite the same depth and vibrancy to their tracks that years of music making has lent our friends with the Liquid Skin. Still, let’s not get too carried away wit»
NME dahlings of the moment, Hope Of The States have announced touring plans for the summer, including support slots with The Polyphonic Spree. Hope Of The States play melancholy pretty indie stuff with a few smatterings of post-rock. Sounds a bit like Six By Seven having a play-out competitio»
Komakino, so I’ve discovered, have a bit of a pretty-boy reputation around Derby; all mullety hair cuts and skinny-fit t-shirts with a front man who any Colour Of Fire groupie would be dangerous around. Certainly, they look the part, but hair cuts do not a band make, so it was a pleasant surprise to find »
Microsoft Messenger. All the coolest people spend their free time on it these days dontcha know. Even the rock stars manage to fit it into their hectic schedules, and none more so than Violent Delight guitarist, Tom Steenvoorden. Naturally, DiS has grasped this Bill Gates sponsored opportunity to g»
The Kerrang Weekender; well, it turned out to be more of a three-day party than a festival. With a ratio of about one punter to every band member, and a whole host of PR’s, band mangers and other industry types propping up the bar at all times, as far as Kerrang were concerned it must have been a bit of a flop. “I t»
Cue EmO jumps and spikey hair cuts; Douglas are back on tour. New single, 'B is the New Way' sees Welsh quintet, Douglas exposing their heartstrings to small, smoky, dimly lit rooms of EmO boys and gal’s across the country, and giving ‘em a good bashing. Catch the band on the following dates.»
Latest [spunge] tour dates announced. Since leaving the company of old record label, B-Unique, ska-punksters [spunge] have announced sporadic new dates across the summer. The dates will allow fans to preview the bands new material for the first time and the band to hunt down a new label to ta»
Reef announce re-scheduled tour dates.
After the last half of Reef's recent comeback tour were cancelled due to singer, Gary Stringer losing his voice, the new dates have been confirmed.
Here are the new dates:
May
3 - Wolverhampton, Wulfurn
4 - Cambridge»
The Dawn Parade announce touring schedule for the Spring. Bury St Ed's scenesters, The Dawn Parade are just about to set off and do that thing bands from around there seem to do so well; touring themselves close to the grave. This summer will see them venturing all the way up to play for those of yo»
Incubus bassist, Dirk Lance, leaves the band. After much uncertainty and rumour over the future of Incubus' line-up, an announcement from Brandon Boyd himself has appeared on their official site, confirming the departure of their bassist, Dirk Lance. Having played loyally with th»
Funeral For A Friend announce their plans to 'Scream Your Name' all across the country. Emo metal merchants, Funeral For A Friend are busy packing their bags and gearing themselves up for another month of hardcore rawkin’. The new EP, entitled 'Four Ways To Scream Your Name', will also be rel»
